Are food insecure smallholder households making changes in their farming practices? Evidence from East Africa

Food Security

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-397

  Kristjanson, Patti ^a   Neufeldt, Henry ^a   Gassner, Anja ^a   Mango, Joash ^a   Kyazze, Florence B ^b   Desta, Solomon ^c   Sayula, George ^d   Thiede, Brian ^e   Förch, Wiebke ^f   Thornton, Philip K ^f   Coe, Richard ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Managing Risk for Improved Livelihood (MARIL)   (Ethiopia)

^d Selian Agricultural Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; East Africa; Farming practices; Food security; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BASELINE SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SMALLHOLDER;

ETHIOPIA; KENYA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84866727781     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-012-0194-z     Document Type: Article

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